• Name: Judi Dench
  
• Birth Name: Judith Olivia Dench
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: British
  
• Birth Date: December 9, 1934
  
• Birth Place: York, England, UK
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Mount School in York.
  
•   : Central School of Speech and Drama in London, England.
  
• Husband/Wife: Michael Williams (actor; married on February 5, 1971 until his death on January 11, 2001)
  
• Father: Reginald Arthur Dench (doctor)
  
• Mother: Eleanora Dench
  
• Brother: Jeffrey Dench (actor; older)
  
• Daughter: Finty Williams (aka Tara Cressida Frances Williams)
  
• Claim to fame: as M in James Bond Films.
  

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• "My only regret is that I didn't have more children."
• On her long marriage to Michael Williams, she said "We were just happy to be in the same room together."
• On the 2002 BAFTAs: "I was very shaky on stage. I made a million pound bet with my agent five minutes before that I wouldn't win so I was very shocked. I was very shaken - if you lose a million pounds five minutes before, it is very shaky."

• British Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, IRIS (2002)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Actress of the Year, IRIS (2002)
• British Academy Award: Academy Fellowship (2002)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role, CHOCOLAT (2001)
• ShoWest Convention: ShoWest Award (2001)
• British Academy Awards: BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress, THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS (2001)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role--Mini-Series or Television Movie THE LAST OF THE BLONDE BOMBSHELLS (2000)
• National Society of Film Critics Awards: Best Supporting Actress, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• British Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1999)
• Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998)
• British Academy Award: Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role, MRS. BROWN (1998)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Best Actress, HER MAJESTY, MRS. BROWN (1998)
• London Critics Circle Film Awards: British Actress of the Year, HER MAJESTY, MRS. BROWN (1998)
• Online Film Critics Society Awards: Best Actress, HER MAJESTY, MRS. BROWN (1998)
• Golden Satellite Awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama, HER MAJESTY, MRS. BROWN (1998)
• Golden Globe Awards: Best Actress in a Leading Role-Drama, MRS. BROWN (1997)
• British Academy Award: Best Actress Supporting, A ROOM WITH A VIEW (1987)
• British Academy Award: BAFTA TV Award - Best Light Entertainment Performance, A FINE ROMANCE (1984)
• British Academy Award: BAFTA TV Award - Best Actress, TALKING TO A STRANGER (1968)
• British Academy Award: Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles, FOUR IN THE MORNING (1966)
• Two Oliver awards (for British theater) for different roles.

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